It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since an Illinois good government group raised eyebrows over questionable campaign spending by the state’s auditor general, and now the organization is suing over Auditor General Frank Mautino’s failure to respond to records requests.

Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) recently called out Democrats in the House for attempting to coerce passage of the state's public school funding bill, arguing that they believe stalling will end up persuading Republican legislators in siding with them in an override of Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of SB1.